Wallpaper bank aids storm reconstruction in Higgins and Glazier
Amarillo wallpaper dealers form a wallpaper bank to supply enough paper to finish an average size room for Higgins and Glazier as reconstruction begins. Casey's House of Color will store the stock until homes can be rebuilt and a full dealer list will be released later. A similar paint drive will follow with offers of usable paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Higgins and Glazier
Glen L. Casey
Casey
House of Color
Casualties Listed From Texas Oklahoma Tornado
The list records identified dead in the Texas Oklahoma twister at Glazier in Hemphill County and Higgins in Lipscomb County. Names include Howard G Broadway Tom Hext Ida Farrell Miss Jean McCarty and many others with ages noted from infancy to 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glazier
Hemphill County
Howard G. Broadway
Panhan
Dee Eubanks
Tom Eubanks
Harry Farrell
Ida Farrell
E. M. Herring
Tom Hext
T. G. Howard
Jean McCarty
W. O. Scott
Promises Burial Wreaths for Tornado Victims
Warren Freeman of Freeman's Flowers vows to supply a large spray for every tornado victim in Woodward. He departs with floral workers and trucks, setting up a temporary shop there to prepare wreaths. Dr Parker of Parker's Blossom Shop provides similar service for Higgins and Glazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Freeman
Freeman's Flowers
Woodward
Parker
Pampa
Higgins
Glazier
Freeman
Limited Radio Service After Telephone Outage
Limited service will operate by radio telephone while telephone service is being reestablished between Shattuck and the area. A. O Thomas of Southwestern Bell announces a mobile unit has arrived. Calls will be mainly outgoing and require Red Cross approval. G. C. Jefferis of Santa Fe Western Lines orders officials to assist storm areas in the Panhandle and northwestern Oklahoma. Automobile accidents rise 24 53 percent in winter with many named victims listed in Woodward and Higgins areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shattuck
Radio
A. O Thomas
South- Western Bell Telephone Co
Thomas
Wheat Telephone Company
Higgins
Red Cross
Radio Telephone
Amenah Ieee
G. C. Jefferis
Santa Fe Western Lines
Amarillo
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Marrs to Attend Weights and Measures School
Marrs, newly appointed city weights and measures inspector, will attend a Dallas school for inspectors. After he completes the training, state inspector O. A. Kirkland will visit Amarillo to assist in starting the inspection work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrs
Dallas
O. A. Kirkland
Amarillo
Red Cross Disaster Crews Arrive to Aid Amarillo Tornado Victims
Disaster workers from Washington D C and St Louis reached Amarillo to supervise evacuation and rehabilitation. Thomas B Smith John H Shelton from national HQs coordinate area evac plans from Canadian and Woodward. Mrs Helen Heister and Leo Durkee of St Louis office assist in Higgins as crews face resident resistance to leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Disaster
Washington
D. C
St. Louis
Amarillo
Thomas B. Smith
John H. Shelton
National
Canadian
Woodward
Helen Heister
Leo Durkee
Higgins
Health Unit Is Mobilized For Tornado Area Aid
Two Amarillo Health Department inspectors Wayne Hildreth and Sam Jones were mobilized by the state health department to assist in food sanitation in the tornado stricken region. They are joined by sanitary engineers George Parr and J L Robinson and area supervisor Howard Harris. Harris operates from Lubbock with the others based in Austin. The team will secure sanitary milk and food supplies and carry portable emergency water treatment units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Health Department
State Department of Health
Wayne Hildreth
Sam Jones
George Parr
J. L. Robinson
Howard Harris
Harris
Lubbock
Austin
Hildreth
James
Parr
Mr. Robinson
Amarillo Crew Leaves to Aid Higgins Water System
Higgins M Moss Amarillo water superintendent leads a maintenance crew to Higgins to assist Ted Lorenz Higgins water department under orders from Mayor Joe Jenkins after a visit to the storm town area. Higgins needs help to repair water works and Jenkins says it is the least they could do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Moss
Amarillo
Higgins
Ted Lorenz
Higgins Water Department
Mr. Moss
Joe Jenkins
Mayor Jenkins
Day Nurseries Offer Care For Storm Victims
Amarillo Day Nurseries to care for children from tornado struck towns. Mrs. Bertha McLellan, nursery director, said she is arranging with workers to take in the extra youngsters. For more information call the Day Nursery at 23760.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bertha McLellan
McLellan
Joint Funeral for Ida Mae and Harry Farrell
Funeral services for Ida Mae Farrell and her brother Harry Lee Farrell, killed in the Glazier tornado, will be held at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with M. E. Cuthbertson officiating. Ida Mae, 71, a retired publisher and columnist once owning the San Jacinto Press, wrote Glazier news for the Canadian Record. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mae Farrell
Harry Lee Farrell
Glazier
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
M. E. Cuthbertson
Church of Christ
Miss Farrell
San Jacinto Press
Glazier News
Canadian Record
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Typographical Union
Panhandle Press Association
Order of the Eastern Star
Belleview
Eva Stover
Redlands
Cal
Gladys Mullenix
Homewood
Ill
Hugh Hunsinger
Burbank
Memorial Park Cemetery
Missing Money Report From Higgins Storm Wreck
Mildred Nation says about $800 in cash and $200 in bonds are missing from the wrecked Ida Farrell home in Higgins. A new refrigerator is also gone. Farrell, a former Amarillo publisher, and her bachelor brother died in the storm. Envelopes labeled by names held several sums and bonds. Authorities ask for tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Nation
Higgins
Ida Farrell
San Jacinto
Amarillo
Topeka
Kan
Grace P Wood
Nellie Snyder
Offer Room and Board to Tornado Victims at Amarillo Hotel
Mr and Mrs Henry C Harding residents of the Amarillo Hotel offered room and board today to a couple made homeless by the storm. The couple lost their home and were left without shelter after the tornado wrecked their residence nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Harding
Amarillo Hotel
Dumas Theaters To Host Tornado Relief Shows
Hall McMurry, manager of the Evelyn and Star Theaters in Dumas, announced benefit screenings for Panhandle storm victims. A 10 p m showing of Margie will run at both houses with admission set at one dollar or more, all proceeds to the relief fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall McMurry
Evelyn and Star
Dumas
Panhandle
Margie
Absentee Ballots Cast In City Run-Off Election
Twelve absentee ballots had been cast late this morning in the city commission run-off election scheduled for April 22. Absentee voting began yesterday at 8 30 and runs to 5 this afternoon April 18. Candidates in the runoff for Commissioner No 2 are Ira Stephenson and Jim Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Katherine Burwell
Ira Stephenson
Jim Hudson
Mrs Julia H Dakins Visits Roswell Friends
Mrs. Julia H Dakins and her son Robert A Dakins of Roswell New Mexico are guests of Mr and Mrs Gordon P Tompkins at 1914 Tyler Street Mrs Dakins is the mother of Mrs Tompkins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Julia H. Dakins
Robert A. Dakins
Roswell, N. M
Gordon P. Tompkins
Tyler
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Tucumcari, N. M
Davis
Walter Engleman
Santa Fe
Lipscomb
C. E. Akers
Bland
Stanley Bernard
Charles Bernard
Eldon Brummer
E. L. Cooley and Son
Marion File
Gipp
Burnie Guy
W. R. Hess
Henry Kolander
Douglas
Verda Maggard
Alice Mantey
Jack McCune
Phillips
Willard Miller
A Edward Miller
Pete Pineger
Harold Pineger
Ry Wee
John Trueblood
Effie Williams
Boyd Wingfield
Doris Rippestein
Haines and
Indus Ba
Walter Dean
Joe Riley
Betty Lou Maggard
Donald Roy Schultz
Woodward, Oklo
Glendola Kreger
Katherine Kreger
Cora Steed
Buck Erwin
E. V. Walker
Olin Hutchinson
Jimmy Lee Hutchinson
A. Craft
Georgia Mae Kingston
Sue Ann Houlette
George Lucas
Earlene Beasley
Fred Dart
Lloyd Dart
Elton Dean Story
George Erwin
Tom Baker
Bill Crowl
Raymond Catlett
Rusty Schoenhorst
Aline Hutchison
Irene Gusler
Henry Harper
Merle LaFon
J. M. Atwell
Carl Douglas Cunningham
George McLaren
Roy Dean Daugherty
A. J. Warriner
Felix Little
Leo Pounder
Owen Croft
Lena Gusler
Rosenbrook
Cliff Hayes
Charles Morgan
Joe Keller
Carol Irene Winger
Rabb
Baby
Merritt Richard McLaren
L. D. Fiskin
Milton Owen Grayson
Charlies Damron
Harry Duke
Alfred Atwell
Ray Brumley
Chance
Alfred Lukes
L. B. Coombes
Beryle Grim
Gage
Texas
Robert Cully
Ned Cully
Elmer Harmon
G.N.S
Kinsey
Farrells
Schenley Reserve
Hill & Hill
G.N Hunter
Schenley
Bond
Old Taylor
James E. Pepper
Yellowstone
Fillmore Package Store
West 10Th
Ram
Ray Sawyer
Zale
Zale’s
Stysh
Hollywood
Werkly
Solitairse
Baylor
Harge
Lal Diamond Oon Polk
Sugar Bow
West Bend
Aluminum
Polk
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